[bshimmin]

Apparently the Chinese are also now consuming more French wine than the French are.

[patrickk]

Another market that's exploded in the Far East is scotch whisky. Scottish producers are struggling to keep up with demand in markets like China, Japan and Taiwan.

[nbouscal]

That is expected, as explained by the Alchian-Allen effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchian%E2%80%93Allen_effect